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Assimilation / a simulation

Assimilation / a simulation

Experimental | 1992 | 14 mins | DVD

Producer/Director

Windy Chien

Ethnicities

Multi-Ethnic, Chinese

Subjects

Identity, Sexuality, Women, Youth

Grade Levels
High School & Up

Assimilation, best practiced blissfully and blindly, is the compliant response to systems of cultural dominance. Through various disturbing perspectives of women, men, self and mom, Chien portrays the dilemma of internalized expectations in regard to definitions of beauty and gender roles.

Recognition
Local PBS Broadcast

Pricing

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